ATR 42-500 (AT45)
The ATR 42-500 is a twin-engined turboprop aircraft built by ATR. It seats about 48 passengers, flies up to 1,555 km and spans 24.6 m. Skydex spotters have caught a single airframe of the ATR 42-500 so far, by one pilot.
Heard by the network
27 different airframes of the ATR 42-500 picked up by 7 Skydex receivers (Ferrara, Derbyshire, station-1020), 464 sightings since 24 Aug 2026, last on 10 Nov 2026.
- Fiscaglia — 🇮🇹 Italy · Ferrara · run by @djrexishere — 6 airframes, 37 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Lee Hall — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @leehall — 4 airframes, 92 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1020 · run by @joseph-furber — 4 airframes, 89 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- delapoleavenue — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Kingston upon Hull · run by @mark-healey — 4 airframes, 79 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Anglesey, GB — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Anglesey · run by @karl-owen — 4 airframes, 53 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Andrew · run by @andrew-peacock — 4 airframes, 46 sightings, last 2026-10-23
- Braunschweig, Gartenstadt — 🇩🇪 Germany · Lower Saxony · run by @thatred — 4 airframes, 36 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
- 🇬🇧 Loganair Limited (LOG) — 4 airframes
- 🇩🇰 Danish Air Transport (DTR) — 3 airframes
- 🇬🇷 Sky Express S.A. (SEH) — 3 airframes
- 🇫🇷 Challeng'Air International (CLG) — 2 airframes
- DMS (DMS) — 1 airframe
- JGH (JGH) — 1 airframe
- 🇱🇹 Joint Stock Company Airlines DOT LT (DNU) — 1 airframe
- NYX (NYX) — 1 airframe
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 3 military (not named), 3 private (not named), 7 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- AT45
- Manufacturer
- ATR
- Engines
- 2 × turboprop
- Typical seats
- 48
- Range
- 1,555 km
- Wingspan
- 24.6 m
- Length
- 22.7 m
- Card rarity
- common